> Like say you used 1.∗.∗ in package.json, now you'll get all updates up until 2.0.0 comes out. I think the caret and tilde indicate that the package must be a

> Like say you used 1.∗.∗ in package.json, now you'll get all updates up until 2.0.0 comes out. I think the caret and tilde indicate that the package must be at the given version or greater. Asterisks wouldn't allow you to specify a lower bound. (HN's comment system ate your asterisks. I don't know how to get around that, so I replaced them with U+2217 chars)